Improving Hand Recovery With Neuromodulation in Tetraplegia
Stopped early · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Spinal Cord Injuries, Tetraplegia, Unspecified, Incomplete, Chronic
In brief
This study will examine a form of non-invasive brain stimulation applied with intensive therapy of the arm and hand. The goal of the study is to determine if arm and hand function can be improved in people with incomplete cervical spinal cord injury (neck spinal cord injury, tetraplegia). Participants will be assigned to receive either active or inactive non-invasive brain stimulation.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03954496
- Run by
- Sara Shahid Salles
- People needed
- 6
- Starts
- 2019-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2020-03-24
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-06-24
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- traumatic, incomplete cervical SCI sustained at neurological level C4-C7 and classified as B, C or D by the American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS);
- sustained injury at least 1 year prior to enrollment (i.e., chronic); and
- Men and women between the ages of 18-65.
You may not qualify if…
- history of head injury, seizures, severe alcohol or drug abuse, or psychiatric illness;
- cognitive deficits severe enough to preclude informed consent;
- positive pregnancy test or being of childbearing age and not using appropriate contraception;
- presence of ferromagnetic material in the cranium except in the mouth, including metal fragments from occupational exposure and surgical clips in or near the brain;
- decubitus ulcers that might interfere with intervention;
- cardiac or neural pacemakers;
- fixed UE contractures;
- untreated depression;
- concurrent participation in occupational therapy;
- within 3 months of recruitment, an addition or change in the dosage of drugs known to exert detrimental effects on motor recovery.
Where it is running
- University of Kentucky at Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital — Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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